A Dog With a Man's Heart Jim the Soldier of the King
A World War I vignette recounts a British machine gun section’s bond with a stray dog named Jim. The dog shares rations, endures rats and rain, and becomes a morale symbol. Jim accompanies men into trenches, aids a wounded comrade, and dies at the front, mourned as a loyal soldier of the king. His grave is marked Private Jim, Machine Gun Company, killed in action April 10 1916.
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Razice
Rats
Tommy Atkins
Tommy
Bill
Happy Hovehton
Mungry Woxcroft
Emery
Sailor Bill
Hesperus
Happy
Blighty
Cappy
Wappy
Sabor Bill
Foxcroft
Sailor BR
Jim
Hill
Jin
Jie
Fre
Ikey Honney
Hanney
Dalton
Sun No. 2
Dhilon
Aind
Von’s Land
Ikey Honnes
Ikey
Stappy
King
Plan to Spend $6,000,000 on Hershey Expansion
Hershey Chocolate Co announces a major development plan to boost chocolate production. The program includes expanding the Hershey plant, building a New York factory, and electrifying the Cuban railroad. Financing involves half from the general fund and $6,000,000 of 6 percent debentures maturing 1923 and 1924. The debentures will be the companys only funded debt. Assets exceed $20,000.
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The
Hershey Chocolate Co
Hershey
New York
Hershey Company
Youngest Coronel Paules Returns Home With Welcome
Marietta welcomed Col. Barl G. Paules the youngest army colonel at 28 after West Point graduate. He arrived amid whistles and parade and speechmaking, then prepared to depart for California with his family.
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Barl G. Paules
Marietta
West
California
Mari
Holy Trinity Church Plans $16000 Construction
The Holy Trinity Catholic Church of Columbia announced a new church building will be erected at a cost of 16000 dollars. The plan notes it would be equally cheap to repair the present structure but opts for a new edifice.
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Congregation of Holy Trinity Catholic Church of Columbia
Tobacco thrives at high latitudes in Denmark
In the Odenge district between 54 and 56 degrees north, Danish farmers have taken up growing tobacco after the war, a practice that would seem unlikely in America given the climate.
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America
Odenge
Denmark
Lititz Area Picnics and Reunions Schedule
A listing of upcoming events includes multiple picnics and family reunions across Lititz and surrounding towns. Highlights include Lititz Union S S F nic at Lititz Springs on the 14th, St Pauls Lutheran picnic at Penryn on the 16th, Brownstown S Union picnic at the Springs, Steffy Family Reunion on the Spring Grounds, and Landis family reunion at Perkasie on the 23rd. Additional events cover Emanuel Lutheran S S picnic in Crickerville, Rothsville S S picnic, all at various parks, plus Tsershey Park family reunions and a Tobacco Growers Association picnic in Ephrata Park on the 14th.
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Lititz Union S. S. F Nic
Lititz Springs
St. Paul's Lutheran
Emanuel Lutheran S.S
Crickerville
Rothsville Lutheran S.S
Tsershey Park
Elser-Oberlin Family
Ephrata Park
Tobacco Growers' Association
Illustrated Poultry Primer Free Booklet Issued
A free Division of Animal Industry booklet titled Illustrated Poultry Primer provides guidance on breed selection breeding incubation branding housing feeding marketing disease treatment and more. Readers can obtain B. B. 1040 by requesting copies from the Division of Publications Department of Agriculture Washington DC.
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Division of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Division of Publications
Washington, D.C
Trexler Builds Second Chicken Range at Schnecksville Farm
Gen. Harry C. Trexler started work on a second chicken range on his Schnecksville area farm with the aim of selling eggs at cost. This project follows his first poultry operation and reflects a plan to expand low-cost egg distribution to local buyers.
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Snoting
Raton
Bill
Happy
Harry C. Trexler
Schnecksville
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the King
Mr. Empey
France
McClure Newspap Syndicate
Hongry
Bil
Hungry
Sharp
Suilor Bill
Nick
Arthur Guy Empey
Coronel
Willow
Zoo
Willow Grove
Sousa
His
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Lancaster
E. Petersburg
Lancaster Junction
Manheim Suits
Sailway
Akston Ephrata
Pease Stevens Erich
Denver
Ore
Reinholds
Vinemont
Hormeor
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N, C
Groff & Wolf Co
Queen St
Lititz
Newsy News
Lazel
Umer
Newburgh-on-the- Hudave
Bow York
Curtis Hensei
Moyer Litive
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